Aslam Jairajpuri

He was Distinguished Professor of Arabic and Persian at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia.

He was born on 27 January 1882 in Jairajpur, Azamgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, India, and died on 28 December 1955 in Delhi.

After his birth his father was asked by Nawab Siddik Hasan Khan (نواب صدیق حسن خان) to take the chair of presidency of Madrisah Vakfiah in Bhopal, which he took whilst his son stayed behind in Jairajpur.

In his early years, with his friend Tauqeer al-Hasan (توقیر الحسن), after research and discussion regarding the reason of tradition (تقلید) for a long time, these two scholars came to the conclusion that according to principles of Fiqh, i.e. Muslim Jurisprudence, the laws can be changed and amended according to the time and necessity.

In 1912 he was put in charge of the Eastern section of the Litton Library of the college where he catalogued the books.

It was in 1930, when he, Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, (aged 27 years at that time), read one of his article in this journal, and was so impressed by him,[2] that he requested him for an appointment, and thereafter he became his disciple and friend.

Maulana Aslam Jairajpuri also wrote introduction for the first edition of "Ma'arf Qur'an" written by Ghulam Ahmed Pervez.

Afterwards Ghulam Ahmed Pervez published his many books including "Tareekh-al-Ummat", "Novadrat" from his publication house "Idara Tolu-e-Islam".

However, this position regarding hadith is in contradiction with its historically accepted status among majority school of thoughts.

One example is Maulana Abdur Rahman Kilani, who wrote an extensive book named "Aina-e-Parveziat" which addressed many questions about the status of Hadith in Islam.

Risala Mehjob-al-Arth – رسالہ محجوب الارث Allama Aslam has proved in this by Qur'an and hadith that even by fiqh orphaned children cannot be left out of the will.

Fateh Misr – فاتح مصر This book is the biography of conqueror of Egypt, Umar bin al-As's history 7.

Al-Wrath fil-Islam – الوراثۃ فی الاسلام This book includes all the things with (dalail) which entered in Hanfi Fiqh and are against Koranic Teachings.